Tag Archives: homemade

Heaven for Ronia is called Brigadeiro, and it has Guinness

Málaga, Spain Brigadeiro is a typical Brazilian sweet, a cross between chocolate truffle and fudge. The traditional recipe mix up condensed milk, cocoa powder and chocolate sprinkles. But there are lots of extra ingredients you can use to create several flavours. Mandatory presence at birthday party in Brazil, the brigadeiro has been gaining the world

Anastasia is on a 'Granny' mission, and you can be part

UK Grand Dishes is a cookbook of time-perfected recipes and stories from wise and witty grandmothers from all over the world. Inspired by our own grandmothers, Grand Dishes is now live on Unbound, the crowdfunded publisher behind Letters of Note.  Iska is a chef and I a journalist – both of us have fairly strong and stoic grandmothers that show us

What will you dress for Capitu Comes to London?

Brazil I came here from England for my brother’s wedding. I am a bride’s maid, and there is, of course, a dress code. Playing around with clothes for all the occasions around the wedding made me think about Cooknst pop up events and dinner parties. Since the first edition of the Mixed Sessions, our seasonal

Tips for table design with loads of personality

Brazil Decorating a table for special dinner parties is a way to expand the pleasure of eating and tasting to the space around you. Once a friend said: ‘serving scrambled eggs with delicacy and having it at a carefully-prepared table, contemplating a flower for instance, is a way to relax and treat myself well, from

Tortilla: together we go on a journey to perfection

UK/Spain It’s not difficult to genuinely develop ‘a thing’ for the Spanish tortilla. It’s anywhere and everywhere, from the good, bad or just self-called ‘tapas bar’ around the world to the authentic ones in the vibrant Spain. Not so rarely this dish finds a place at our homely kitchen through the idea that it is

Colours to bring beauty to the taste

UK I’ve always been, let’s say, a colourful person. Colours represent a lot of my optimistic and full of energy nature. And I find ways to express this in my cooking and hosting dinner parties without losing sight of elegancy. My plates, for example, are ceramic white with cute dancing skulls on the side, reflecting

Ladies and gentlemen: the Naked Boteco

From UK Our FIRST EVER NORWICH event. Our FIRST EVER IN-HOUSE experience. Our FIRST EVER 100 foodfriends moment. It’s the beginning of a new chapter for Cooknst as a company with a diverse set of experiences and products connected to bring people together through the passion for food, art and culture!!! Yes, WE DID IT! We prepared a special event for a

Our trip to the Summer of Freedom experience

 Think a crowd wrapped around a journey to a place where music flows intensively and beautifully through veins, skin and muscles. Think bowls and bowls of patatas bravas, asparagus with jamón quickly wiped of the table, fresh gaspacho, shrimp rice with saffron especially brought from Spain, an orange bliss to the ice cream, a chocolate

A family up for challenging flavours

UK Infused Spirits is a family business that I was inspired to set up in January 2016 after spending many happy hours with my children and dogs foraging for fresh fruits in the beautiful Norfolk countryside. I am passionate about experimenting with flavours and am constantly amazed at the wonderful infusions that can be produced.